1. 1 1 Timothy Behaviour in God’s House Class 3 “Let no man despise thy youth Class 3 “Let no man despise thy youth”

2. 2 The Latter Times 1 Pet 1:20…but has appeared in these last times… 1 Cor 10:11…and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. Heb 1:2…in these last days has… 2 Tim 3:1-9But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self …holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; and avoid such men as these… 1John 2:18Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour. Jude 1:17-19But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, "In the last time there shall be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts. These are the ones who cause divisions”

3. 3 Mysteryof Godliness vs. Mystery of Iniquity Mystery of Godliness vs. Mystery of Iniquity 2Thess 21Tim 4 For it will not come unless the apostasy comes first…it is already at work (v3, 7) In latter times (v1) The apostasy (v3)Some will fall away (root word of apostasy) (v1) Takes his seat in the temple of God (v4) In the house of God (3:15) You know what restrains him now (v6) Timothy’s mission in Ephesus is to resist false teachers Mystery of lawlessness (v7)Mystery of godliness (3:16) Deception of wickedness (v10)Hypocrisy of liars (v2) God will send upon them a deluding influence (v11) Paying attention to deceitful spirits (v1)

4. 4 Two Answers to Legalism CreationThanksgiving v3Foods which God has created… …to be gratefully shared v4For everything created by God is good… …if it is received with gratitude v5For it is sanctified by means of the word of God… …and prayer

5. 5 Exercise Heb 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. Heb 12:11All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. 2 Pet 2:14Having eyes full of adultery and that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

6. 6 Example 1 Cor 11:1Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. 1Thess 1:6-7You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. Phil 3:17Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us.

7. 7 Public Reading, Exhortation and Teaching And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things. Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the president in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings, according to his ability, and the people assent, saying Amen; and there is a distribution to each, and a participation of that over which thanks have been given, and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons. And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need. First Apology - Justin Martyr (about 150AD)